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Joe Taveras is an American roboticist, designer, painter and artist. He consistently aims to push the boundaries of innovation with his art, exploring new techniques that reflect his inner and outer environment, questioning our collective future, social norms, and our interminable integration with technology.

Joe is currently represented by Galerie Michael, a world-renowned art gallery located on the famed Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California that specializes in paintings, drawings and prints from the great European masters of the 17th to 20th centuries.

In this interview, we talk about:

- Joe's journey to becoming a painter

- Being represented by Galerie Michael

- Helping brighten restaurant barriers in Boston with graffiti, cubism, and Italian futurism

- How He Became a Full-Time Painter

Joe's Website: https://www.robojoebot.com/

Joe's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robojoebot/?hl=en

Boston Globe feature on Joe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/13/arts/restaurants-are-united-this-painters-bright-bold-dividers/

Grateful Living Info:

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?...

To Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttt...

To Listen on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo...

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

Approximate Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

1:10 What was Joe like as a kid?

3:30 Living in Massachusetts and California in his childhood

5:25 When did art become a passion?

12:14 Was doing something entrepreneurial something you went in Boston College thinking about doing it?

14:15 How has marketing background helped you?

16:37 What was your attitude as you pursued painting more? Was it just going to be a hobby?

21:10 How did you not have fear/self-conscious of not going to art school?

22:52 Why were you open to failure?

27:42 When was your first win?

31:16 Joe’s Art Process

33:28 Process to going full-time as an artist

40:00 Getting represented by Galerie Michael

45:38 How much do you love what you do versus how much does it feel like work?

46:48 Managing creative vs. operations of business

48:52 Reaction of public (i.e. subjective opinion)

52:42 Personal life and work balance

54:44 Can he turn it off and decompress?

58:24 Joe’s Future

1:00:00 advice for someone starting out their artist career

1:03:00 anything else you want to talk about?

1:09:00 supporting joe

Photo Credits for Thumbnail: Boston-Based Fine Art Photographer Ben Flythe